Japanese Speech Contests are an annual series of events sponsored by the Japan Foundation and organized by universities across Canada. Students studying Japanese at universities are eligible to participate. Contests usually take place in March/April each year. Regional ContestsThere are currently seven regional contests including the Atlantic Canada Japanese Speech Contest (ACJSC) in which four universities — St. Mary’s, UNB, St. Thomas and Mount Allison — participate.

The 19thAtlantic Canada Japanese Speech Contest (ACJSC) was held on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Mount Allison University.

The following students from Mount Allison were awarded prizes. The 1st prize winners, Sally Wong and Kim Pan, were invited to the National Contest.